News Releases

Aug 2, 2006

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

Aug 2, 2006

CBOT Announces New Enhancements to Metals Complex

Aug 2, 2006

CBOT Reports Strong Volume Following First Day of Ag Side-by-Side Trading

Aug 2, 2006

NYMEX To Offer Side by Side Trading of Physically Delivered Energy Futures on CME Globex During Open Outcry Trading Hours

Aug 2, 2006

NYMEX, COMEX Reach Agreement in Principle on COMEX Division Trading Rights

Aug 2, 2006

NYMEX Announces Margins for NYMEX miNY® Platinum, Palladium Futures Contracts

Aug 2, 2006

NYMEX to Offer New Natural Gas Calendar Spread Option Contract

Aug 1, 2006

CBOT Launches Electronic Trading of Ag Futures During Daytime Hours

Aug 1, 2006

CBOT Average Daily Volume Up 21 Percent Over July 2005

Aug 1, 2006

CME Reports July 2006 Volume Averaged 5.2 Million Contracts Per Day, Up 41 Percent from Year-Ago Period

- CME electronic options represented 11 percent of total options volume, the highest monthly percentage to date

Aug 1, 2006

NYMEX to Change Margins for Financially Settled Electricity Futures Contracts

Aug 1, 2006

NYMEX to Change Margins for Natural Gas, Relates Futures Contracts

Jul 31, 2006

NYMEX to Change Margins for Financially Settled Electricity Futures Contracts

Jul 28, 2006

NYMEX Announces Trading at Settlement for Energy Futures Contracts Traded on CME Globex®

Jul 27, 2006

NYMEX Announces Trading Hours for After Hours Contracts Traded on CME Globe®

Jul 27, 2006

NYMEX Announces Margin Changes for Natural Gas, Related Contracts

Jul 26, 2006

NYMEX to Change Margins for Financially Settled Electricity Futres Contracts

Jul 25, 2006

NYMEX To Expand Membership To Non-Traditional Entities

Jul 25, 2006

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Reports Record Revenues and Profits; Net Income Grew 33 percent in Second-Quarter 2006

-- Earnings per share rose 32 percent to $3.12

Jul 24, 2006

CBOT Binary Options on Target Fed Funds Rate Surpasses 1,000 Contracts

Jul 24, 2006

NYMEX ClearPort® Weekly Volume Crosses 2 Million Contracts

Jul 21, 2006

Correction: Exchange to List Heating Oil Financial Futures Contracts on NYMEX ClearPort®

Jul 21, 2006

NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records for Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Futures

Jul 20, 2006

CBOT Gold Complex Volume Surpasses 34,000 Contracts

Jul 20, 2006

CBOT Announces New Global Developing Markets Program

Jul 20, 2006

CBOT Holdings Q2 2006 Net Income More Than Doubles

Jul 20, 2006

NYMEX Announces Position Accountability, Reporting Requirements for New NYMEX miNYTM Futures Contracts

Jul 20, 2006

NYMEX Announces Margins for New Electricity Contracts

Jul 20, 2006

NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records on CME Globex®

Jul 19, 2006

CBOT Expands Exchange for Risk Transactions to Treasury Products

Jul 19, 2006

NYMEX to Offer Additional Inter-Commodity Spread Functionality on CME Globex®

Jul 19, 2006

Exchange to Introduce Twelve New Electricity Contracts

Jul 18, 2006

NYMEX To Waive Fees For Crude Oil Spread Trade on CME Globex®

Jul 18, 2006

NYMEX to Waive Fees For Gasoline Futures Contracts

Jul 18, 2006

NYMEX to Change Margins for Freight Futures Contract

Jul 18, 2006

NYMEX to Change Margins for Financially Settled Electricity Futures Contracts

Jul 18, 2006

NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records on CME Globex®

Jul 17, 2006

CBOT 100 oz. Gold Sets New Volume Record Today

Jul 17, 2006

NYMEX to Expand Limited Months of NYMEX miNY FuturesTM Contracts on CME Globex®

Jul 17, 2006

NYMEX Files Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering

Jul 17, 2006

Reuters and CME Announce Participants in FXMarketSpace Early Adopter Program

FXMarketSpace Secures Required Antitrust Clearances

Jul 14, 2006

Jade to Go "Live" on September 25

Jul 14, 2006

Exchange to Introduce NYMEX miNYTM Platinum, Palladium Futures Contracts on CME Globex®

Jul 14, 2006

NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records on CME Globex®

Jul 14, 2006

NYMEX to Change Margins for Electricity Futures Contract

Jul 13, 2006

NYMEX ACCESS® to Migrate to CME Globex®

Jul 13, 2006

NYMEX to Change Margins for WTI-Brent Futures Contract

Jul 12, 2006

CBOT Successfully Launches Binary Options on Target Fed Funds Rate

Jul 12, 2006

NYMEX to Change Margins for Middle Eastern Gulf to Japan Freight Futures Contract

Jul 11, 2006

NYMEX and CME to Add Implied Pricing Functionality for Electronic Energy Trading on CME Globex®